negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other
Class AC_CombiAvg

java.lang.Object
  negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy
      negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other.AC_CombiAvg

public class AC_CombiAvg
extends AcceptanceStrategy

This is the decoupled Acceptance Conditions Based on Tim Baarslag's paper on Acceptance Conditions: "Acceptance Conditions in Automated Negotiation" This Acceptance Condition averages the opponents bids made in the previous time window. If the bid is higher than the average it will accept Decoupling Negotiating Agents to Explore the Space of Negotiation Strategies T. Baarslag, K. Hindriks, M. Hendrikx, A. Dirkzwager, C.M. Jonker

Author:

Alex Dirkzwager

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

helper, negotiationSession, offeringStrategy, opponentModel

Constructor Summary

AC_CombiAvg()
Empty constructor for the BOA framework.

AC_CombiAvg(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, double t)

Method Summary

Actions	determineAcceptability() Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.
void	init(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, OpponentModel opponentModel, java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters) Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor.
java.lang.String	printParameters()

Methods inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

endSession, isMAC, loadData, setOpponentUtilitySpace, storeData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AC_CombiAvg

public AC_CombiAvg()

Empty constructor for the BOA framework.

AC_CombiAvg

public AC_CombiAvg(NegotiationSession negoSession,
                   OfferingStrategy strat,
                   double t)

Method Detail

init

public void init(NegotiationSession negoSession,
                 OfferingStrategy strat,
                 OpponentModel opponentModel,
                 java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor. Most of the time this method should be overridden for usage by the decoupled framework.

Overrides:

init in class AcceptanceStrategy

Parameters:

negoSession - state of the negotiation.

strat - of the agent.

parameters - of the acceptance strategy.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown when initializing the acceptance strategy fails.

printParameters

public java.lang.String printParameters()

Overrides:

printParameters in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

string representation of the parameters supplied to the model.

determineAcceptability

public Actions determineAcceptability()

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.

Specified by:

determineAcceptability in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

one of three possible actions: Actions.Accept, Actions.Reject, Actions.Break.